Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, has been sued
in civil court on allegations he raped, Andrea McNulty, while
staying at a hotel, reminiscent of the Kobe Bryant case, where the
basketball player was accused and acquitted of the same misconduct,
by a hotel employee.

McNulty, filed a civil suit, informing the press she did attempt to
press criminal charges, but it was not properly investigated and her
employers allegedly launched a cover up, which threatened her job.

She stated in her complaint, Ben Roethlisberger was staying at the
Harrah hotel, of which she is an employee. He asked her to come up
to his room at fix the TV that was not working. That's when she says
he attacked her.

Andrea McNulty

Side bar: I don't know why either one of them thought she
would be able to fix the TV. That statement needs to be clarified.
Did they mean electronically or operationally.

Since this story broke, his image has taken a beating and so has her
name, as some people are being quite critical of the case, looking
for inconsistencies. I hope the truth comes out.

Why did the criminal case fall through? Did she not go to the
hospital and get a rape kit done? Did the police disbelieve her
story?

Roethlisberger Accused of Sexual
Assault in Lawsuit

Published: July 21, 2009 - A civil
lawsuit has been filed in Nevada against Pittsburgh Steelers
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger by a woman accusing him of sexually
assaulting her in a Lake Tahoe hotel room in July 2008.

Roethlisberger’s lawyer, David
Cornwell, said Roethlisberger denied the charge. “Ben has never
sexually assaulted anyone,” Cornwell said in a statement.

According to the civil complaint filed
Friday in the Second Judicial District Court in Washoe County, Nev.,
the woman accused Roethlisberger of assault while he was a guest at
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, where she is an employee. The suit, however, is
also for libel and slander and is filed against nine defendants,
including Roethlisberger. The eight others are reportedly employees
at Harrah’s whom the woman accuses of defaming her following the
assault and whom McNulty says did not adequately investigate her
complaint...

A criminal complaint was not filed
against Roethlisberger after the incident, although one could still
be opened. She is seeking damages of at least $390,000.

“The timing of the lawsuit and the
absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the
most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct,”
Cornwell said. “If an investigation is commenced, Ben will cooperate
fully and Ben will be fully exonerated.”

But there's a separate aspect to this
case that Florio didn't have time to get to on Tuesday as he was
talking to pretty much every radio station in the country and
appearing on Keith Olbermann's favorite cable news network.

The rest of the complaint details an
alleged coverup by McNulty's co-workers and superiors at Harrah's
Lake Tahoe, along with the physical and emotional distress McNulty
experienced after the alleged incident.

The most pointed accusations by McNulty
are directed at Guy Hyder, Chief of Security at Harrah's Lake Tahoe,
and John Koster, Harrah's Northern Nevada President...

Hyder also allegedly said "most girls
would feel lucky to get to have sex with someone like Ben
Roethlisberger" that "Koster would love you even more if he knew
about this" and that "Koster would **** his **** if Roethlisberger
let him."

Last August, soon after the alleged
assault, a co-worker warned McNulty that if she ever let on to
knowing Roethlisberger, Koster would "personally fire you for
starting rumors about Roethlisberger's personal life."...